Foucault: WTF An Introduction to Foucault, Power and Knowledge

In this introduction to Foucault, we consider the relationship between knowledge and power through looking (primarily) at three books by Michel Foucault: Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison, The Order of Things and The History of Sexuality (as well as, very briefly, History of Madnesssometimes published as Madness and Civilisationand The Birth of the Clinic). We unpack some of the terminology central to Foucault s philosophy such as episteme (and the shifts between epistemes), archaeology and genealogy. Finally, we look at how Foucault uses the panopticona plan for a uniquely utilitarian prison designed by Jeremy Benthamin order to consider how discipline and punishment might have become a part of our everyday lives. If you re look for the work of Michel Foucault explained simply and engagingly then, hopefully, this might be the video you re looking for If you d like to get your hands on a copy of the script to this video with footnotes and references t